hi, ok first off, sorry its short. i can come up with a bunch of excuses but i got none. don't worry, i promise to make the next chapter much longer. so enjoy!
Disclaimer: i don't own anything except Adina and she hates me right now ... now on with the story!
Chapter 9
Ratchet sighed as he placed his tools but in their place and sneak a glance at the teen who sat in the closest corner near him. It's been two days and all the progress that he made with his charge failed the moment the news reached her ears. What was worse that she was one of the first to hear it and on her birthday as the humans would say. A day that's supposed to be full of happiness became a day of sadness for the teen.
Adina didn't want to talk to anyone after the twins brought her to him. She had her head buried in her hands and once he was able to get her to look at him, his spark almost broke at the look she was giving him, silently repeating a single question. Why?
All he could do was to activate his holoform and hold her against him, letting her to cry out to her hearts content. After an hour, she closed in into her shell once more, staying close to either him or the twins. He would have told another to leave him along and go bug someone else but he couldn't do that to her. She needed comfort and so far only he and the twins are willing to give her it.
"Adina? How are you fairing?" Ratchet asked the teen softly, kneeling down to stare at her.
Adina just stared at him before glancing towards the wall with a blink stare. It wasn't until he repeated his question that she turned to look at him. Blinking twice she curled up even more and sighed.
"Good I guess," she answered. "Still trying to progress all this in my mind but I'm doing well. Just give me a bit more time."
Ratchet nodded. "If you're sure," he said, not really believing the teen but decided to do things her way. Standing up, he walked towards the doors and turned to glance at her. "Coming?"
Adina shook her head. "No, I want to think some things over. Besides, I won't always be near you guys to help me all the time."
Ratchet smiled sadly and nodded. "I guess so but at least you're doing some progress in recovering."
Adina nodded. "Yeah, I guess so."
Glancing at his charge one last time, Ratchet left the med bay and went to the rec. room to grab some energon. He had a feeling he was going to need it.
Meanwhile, back in her corner, Adina continued to stare at the wall in front of her. Truth to be told, she was actually thinking about how her parents death. Something was just not right about the way they died. Unknown to Ratchet, he actually speaks out loud when he's reviewing the files of all known deaths cause by the Decepticons. She guessed that it is because he used to be alone and felt the need to fill the silence with something, not even realizing it himself.
Her parents and the other officers and scientists had died in a shooting. She wouldn't put it pass the Decepticons in making something look like another human did it if they wanted to hide something but she thought that the Decepticons would want their presence known if they didn't. Another thing that she found curious was that each bullet was covered in a thin coat of poison. She only knows one group that does that but she didn't want to believe it. What do they gain if they kill her parents? They're gone for most of the time.
Her thoughts would also travel to that soldier that gave out the report. She was very sure that he gave her a smirk, as if he knew what he was going to say.
"It's not possible is it? That they're sending out their own in here?" Adina asked to herself. "What do they have to gain here? Unless they want the truth about what happen in those attacks in Mission City and Egypt. Yet shouldn't they already know? Unless they haven't met one of the Autobots as of yet, they did say that none of the new recruits had the chance in meeting them."
Adina continued to ponder on what was really going on. She had a feeling that there is more to this then anyone thought. The question was, why did they want her family out of the way? She already showed them that she wanted nothing to do with them yet they still came after her then after her parents most likely. What do they want to hid?
She was too deep into her thoughts that when a loud alarm sounded throughout base, she gave at a small shout and almost jumped five feet into the air. Groaning at the loud sound, she turned towards the door to listen at the shouts, hoping to figure out what was going on.
"Decepticon attack!" Ironhide shouted at the others.
"Who is it?" Optimus asked.
"It looks like Ravage. He's somewhere in the building," one of the Arcee twins answered.
"Wait! I got a signal!" another one shouted. "It's heading towards the med bay."
Adina froze at that. Ravage? He survived the bombing? Wait, why was he here? She was dead to them.
"Towards the med bay?" Sides asked confuse before Ratchet cut him off.
"Adina is in there," he shouted.
Adina frowned slightly and slowly stood up. Blocking out all the outside sounds, she focused on the smallest sounds she could found. Scanning the room, she slowly stepped forward before hearing someone walk closer towards her location.
Not knowing if its friend or foe, she quickly hid under one of the human sized cots. She moved closer to the wall when the sound of the door opening reached her ears. She didn't want to be spotted.
The footsteps came nearer towards the middle of the room before stopping. Moving a bit closer to see who it was but still be hidden, she quickly saw that it was the soldier who gave out the report to Will. He carried a look of disgust as he glance around the room.
"Why would this place want a huge room? It's a waste of space," he said but shook his head as he went over to the human size desk to search for something. "Now where are those reports?"
Adina bit back a growl. She was right about him not knowing the Autobots and she had a clear idea who he was. Guess the rumors where true about spies in the government. She thought she wouldn't dare come out until he was gone. Though that seems that it might take a while for the soldier couldn't find what he was looking for.
Adina stayed silent, she had no idea who exactly this person was and she had no desire in finding out. Though she still kept an ear for anyone else coming. Where were Ratchet and the twins? She was sure that they would come to collect her by now unless something else caught their attention.
The sound of someone or something going through the vents caught her attention. Out of habit, she glanced up before remembering where she was. Crawling forward, she watched as the soldier stopped what he was doing and reached for his gun, never moving his eyes from the vents.
"What is that?" he asked as he moved a bit closer to one of the entrances of the vent.
Everything became silent and from experience, Adina knew that something bad was going to happen. Even one's breathing became loud to ones ears. The soldier frowned and moved even closer before giving out a shout of fear and surprise. The vent entrance had exploded and something jumped out from inside. It landed in front of the shock soldier and growled at him. Adina covered her mouth in order to prevent any sound coming out, she watched in shock as Ravage paced in between them.
"What the fuck is that?" the soldier yelled, raising his weapon towards the cat con.
Adina watched as Ravage growled and position himself into an attacking position. Even though she didn't like the soldier, she hoped that he wouldn't attack him but she was doing wishful thinking for the soldier had already fired his first shot. It most had made its mark for Ravage snarled and attack the soldier.
"Ungrateful fleshy!" Ravage growled out before ripping him with his claws.
Adina had already closed her eyes and covered her ears in hopes to block out the screaming but couldn't. She could still hear his painful screams along with another. Another that she had wished she could forget. Not even realizing it, she accidently let out a small whimper in fear.
Ravage paused in his attack when the whimper reached his ears. Deciding that his prey was good as dead, he drew nearer to one of the cots near him. Hearing shuffle underneath, he toss the cot away and was about to attack the person when he saw who it was. There lying on the ground was Adina, scared and a bit teary.
"R-ravage," she called out before slowly pulling herself into a sitting position. "W-what a-are you do-doing here?"
Ravage continued to stare before purring lightly and moved closer to the teen in hopes to calm her fears. It sort of worked for the teen calm down a bit but not that much. Just as Ravage was about to touch her with his nose, a loud shout was heard.
"Get away from her!"
Glancing up, they saw that it was Sideswipe who spoke. Sunny had his blade out and had it pointed towards Ravage, a furious look in his optics. Ratchet was just behind them, keeping his attention on his charge, searching for any injuries.
Ravage snarled at the bots and turned towards Adina. Glancing at her one last time, he raced out of the room, dodging the attacks and disappeared into the shadows of the base. Once he felt that he was safe for the moment, he silently sent a message to his siblings. Adina is here and alive.
okay, so what do you think? good, bad? thanks again to those who still reads this story. i promise that the next chapter will be a bit longer this one. thanks for reading! R&R!
-Bluebutterflywitch
